The most current wage data for the balance of the state and includes the boroughs of Aleutians East, Bristol Bay, Denali, Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island,
Lake and Peninsula, North Slope, and Northwest Arctic; and the census areas of Aleutians West, Bethel, Dillingham, Nome, Southeast Fairbanks, Valdez-Cordova,
Wade Hampton, and Yukon-Koyukuk.

The most current wage data for the Southeast Region and includes the boroughs of Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan, Yakutat, Sitka, and Skagway; and
the census areas of Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan, Hoonah-Angoon, and Wrangell-Petersburg.

Includes a searchable list of more than 2,500 occupational titles. Each occupation may include a
link to its career ladder/lattice and information on employment, wages, supply and demand,
worker characteristics, licensing requirements, typical education and on-the-job training,and training
available in Alaska.

The minimum wage for Alaska is $7.75 per hour, effective 1/10/10. This link provides more information
about the minimum wage at the Wage and Hour Section of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Analysis of job creation (new positions added by employers) or turnover replacement
(the filling of vacated positions) based on employees that did not work for the reported employer during the previous four quarters.

Green jobs in Alaska by industry and occupation. Includes a link to the occupational
information for the core green jobs in Alaska. The occupational information includes
data such as worker characteristics, licensing requirements, supply and demand,
employment, wages, and training resources and requirements.

Analysis of job creation (new positions added by employers) or turnover replacement (the filling of vacated positions) based on
employees that did not work for the reported employer during the previous four quarters.

Includes a searchable list of more than 2,500 occupational titles. Each occupation may include a
link to its career ladder/lattice and information on employment, wages, supply and demand,
worker characteristics, licensing requirements, typical education and on-the-job training,and training
available in Alaska.

Green jobs in Alaska by industry and occupation. Includes a link to the occupational
information for the core green jobs in Alaska. The occupational information includes data
such as worker characteristics, licensing requirements, supply and demand, employment,
wages, and training resources and requirements.

Analysis of job creation (new positions added by employers) or turnover replacement (the filling of vacated positions) based on
employees that did not work for the reported employer during the previous four quarters.

This occupational information subset identifies common occupations in the oil and gas industry.
It includes worker characteristics, licensing requirements, supply and demand, employment, wages,
and training resources and requirements.

ALARI gathers various data such as population, employment, taxes, and census into one easily viewed Web page.
These data are available for Alaska, economic regions, boroughs/census areas, and communities

About the Occupations Data

Alaska Worker Characteristics

Count of workers: The data represent the total count of workers,
by occupation, covered by unemployment insurance in Alaska. Workers are assigned to the
occupation in which they earned the most money in the given year, so a person will be counted
only once, even if they worked in multiple occupations. Because they do not pay into the
Alaska unemployment insurance system, the following are excluded from these counts: federal
workers, the self-employed, crew of small fishing operations, and owners and officers of companies.

Residency: Workers are considered Alaska residents if they
applied for an Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) in at least one of the two most current years.

Age: Worker age is determined by matching workers with
historical Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend files. Only those workers with age data are used to determine the percent of
workers age 45 and up or age 50 and up. Occupations with a significant number of nonresident
workers will have less reliable age information; age data is not available for nonresident
workers. For more information, see the Department of Labor’s
resident hire page.

Potential Supply

Many occupations require skilled workers to perform the job duties, and the supply of
qualified workers is limited. The potential supply is a count of workers who are qualified for an
occupation but not currently working in that occupation. If the mean national wage of the worker's current occupation
is greater than 15% less than the given occupation, he or she is counted as currently employed in a
lower paid occupation.

Unemployment insurance wage records are
used to determine a person’s occupation. Workers are deemed qualified if they have four quarters
of prior experience in the occupation. UI Claimants are counted in their primary prior occupation
based on wages.

ALEXsys Employment Data

ALEXsys is the state’s online jobs database. Employers can advertise job
openings and workers can apply for jobs. Not all employers are going to use ALEXsys to advertise
their job openings, and not all workers will look for work using ALEXsys.

Number of registrants: The count of ALEXSys registrants who
reported having worked in, or being qualified for, an occupation. Job seekers can list more than
one occupation and be counted multiple times.

Number of job position postings: The total count of jobs
advertised by occupation.

Ratio of registrants to job position postings: The number of
job seekers qualified for an occupation divided by the number of jobs advertised. A low ratio,
for example, 1 job to 1 applicant, would indicate favorable conditions for those seeking
employment. Urban areas typically have more qualified applicants than rural areas, and thus,
more people competing for the same job.

When describing employment opportunities in Alaska, two categories were used:
growth and openings. Growth is the percentage increase – or in some cases decrease –
that an occupation is expected to experience in the ten year forecast period. Openings is a measure
of how many opportunities there are to enter an occupation.

Below are the categories for growth and openings:

Employment Growth

Robust

21% growth or more in this occupation over the ten year forecast

Strong

At least 15% but less than 21% growth in this occupation

Moderate

At least 10% but less than 15% growth in this occupation

Low

Less than 10% growth in this occupation over the ten year forecast

Openings

Very High

300 openings or more in this occupation

High

At least 130 but fewer than 300 openings in this occupation

Moderate

At least 80 but fewer than 130 openings in this occupation

Low

Fewer than 80 openings in this occupation

Ten year occupational employment projections are produced biennially, and provide
the data for employment and job openings. Projections are an estimate, not a precise count,
of the number of jobs. We make predictions about the number of jobs that will be available,
based on economic conditions.

Estimated employment: The base year of the forecast cycle. Base-year employment
estimates are required to develop the employment projections and the base-year employment matrix.

Projected employment: The target, or ending, year of the forecast cycle. In order to
produce target-year occupational projections, a change factor is developed and applied to each
occupation. An occupational staffing pattern is then applied to the projected industry total of each
occupation to give a target-year occupational projection.

Percent change: The percent of change between the base and projected years. A positive
number indicates growth, or new jobs created. This number can be deceptive. A large percentage
change does not necessarily mean a large number of new jobs. For instance, if the base year for an
occupation is 20 and the forecast year shows an increase of 10, it is a 50 percent increase. In
reality, it is only 10 jobs.

Growth openings: Employment opportunities created by increased demand for an
occupation are considered growth openings. For occupations that are declining in employment during
the forecast period, the number of growth openings will equal zero.

Replacement openings: Replacement openings occur when a worker leaves an occupation,
creating a vacancy for another worker to fill. Replacement openings are a subset of turnover openings,
which occur whenever an employee leaves a job. However, not all turnovers create a replacement opening.
If an employee takes a job with a new employer but remains in the same occupation, then no replacement
opening was created. Replacement openings occur in both growing and declining occupations.

Average Wage

Average hourly wage data comes from the Research and Analysis Section of the Alaska Department
of Labor and Workforce Development, through the Occupational Employment Statistics Survey.
The data are based on the statewide average wages for the occupation. For more information see the
wages page.

Alaska Licensing Information

Training Resources

Training programs related to the occupation are listed by training provider with the type of
degree (as reported by the provider) and, if available, the number of individuals exiting the
program within the given time range.